Jul 2025 – Present · 8 mos · Remote

• Part of one of the world’s biggest PE firms EQT AB, EQT Ventures is entirely made up of ex-founders or operators. Founded in 2016, they’re now investing out of their €1.1 billion Fund 3, which is Europe's largest VC fund committed to early stage startups. The fund invests in Europe and the US, from Seed to Series B.
• In case you missed it, EQT Ventures funded the rebels building:
• → Self-driving electric freight trucks (Einride)
• → Next-gen payment rails (Mollie)
• → Reusable space vehicles (The Exploration Company)
• → Developer-first infra (Netlify)
• → AI agents powering the enterprise (Parloa)
• → AI-powered financial apps (Cleo AI)
• And much more!
• To the founders building what’s next:
• Let’s talk.

Jul 2024 – Jul 2025 · 1 yr

• On a mission to unlock new opportunities, drive growth, and bring the benefits of programmable money to more people worldwide.
• Zero Hash's powerful infrastructure empowers companies to offer their customers the ability to buy, sell, send, receive, and earn crypto rewards in a simple, fast, and compliant manner.
• From neobanks like MoneyLion and broker-dealers like Interactive Brokers to payment giants like Stripe or MoonPay, top FinTech firms are building the future of finance on Zero Hash.

Jun 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 9 mos · Zurich, Switzerland

• Advisor and ambassador at MetaverseTalks, the leading space where Metaverse & NFT thought leaders connect, foster, and promote ideas globally.

Jul 2021 – Jul 2024 · 3 yrs

Apr 2019 – Jul 2024 · 5 yrs 3 mos

• Flutterwave is a MasterCard, VISA, Greycroft, Y Combinator, and Worldpay FIS-backed payments technology company headquartered in San Francisco. We're simplifying payments for endless possibilities. Flutterwave is trusted by leading companies like Uber, Facebook, TransferWise, Netflix, Jumia, Azimo, Binance, among other 90,000+ businesses. We were recognized as the #2 Most Innovative Company in Africa in 2019, according to Fast Company. We're part of 50 Future Unicorns🦄 according to CB Insights & Fast Company. Also, CNBC has included us in the Upstart 100, which lists the brightest, most intriguing, young startups promising to become the great companies of tomorrow.
• As a Country Manager for Europe, and General Manager of Flutterwave Lithuania, I'm leading company's expansion into Europe. This includes but it's not limited to the following:
• New business development & Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
• Implementing sales strategies to improve market share in all product lines.
• Refining sales policies, processes and procedures.
• Ensuring effective management of relationships with key customers and accounts.
• Managing the company on a day-to-day basis, working with the lawyers, accountants, suppliers and regulators whenever necessary.

Feb 2017 – Apr 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos

• Contis is one of the leading Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider in Europe. Being a principal member of VISA (both in issuing & payments processing), Contis is powering some of the leading FinTech brands such as Wirex, Paysera, Monese, Change, Trastra, Eidoo, TokenCard, SpectroCoin, Plutus, among many others.
• As Business Development & Account Executive:
• Was hired as a Key Account Executive to manage and grow a portfolio of clients across EEA (such as Paysera, airBaltic, TezGSM, to name just a few). Yet, since I was the second employee at the company in Lithuania, I highly wanted to foster and contribute to its growth and development.
• Hence, I became the SEPA lead, and worked closely with our IT team, Project Managers, teams in India and Bank of Lithuania to initiate, integrate and test both SEPA Credit Transfer & SEPA Direct Debit schemes. We did that successfully and faster than projected.
• I have initiated, joined and was part of FinTech Lithuania, an association connecting Financial Technology ecosystem in Lithuania.
• Seeing potential business opportunities, I have started developing business partnerships, and in about 1 year I have grown the client portfolio by circa 400%, with more than €0.4 million in additional yearly revenue.
• Although officially the General Manager of the company was in UK, for about one year I was managing the company on a daily basis, dealing with suppliers, accountants, Bank of Lithuania and state bodies whenever necessary.
• Successfully represented the company at international events (Money 20/20 Europe 2018, Copenhagen FinTech Week 2018 etc.).
• Shared my knowledge, experience and spoke on stage (ISM Study Day 2018, Pillar Unconference 2018, NEXT Economy, The Grand Founders Day etc.).
• Further strengthened my new business development & customer relationship management (CRM) skills.
• Highly utilised Salesforce.com for pipeline building, new business development and relationship management.

Sep 2016 – Feb 2017 · 5 mos

• Paysera is one of the first and arguably the biggest FinTech company from the Baltics. It is providing a wide variety of different services including retail and business banking, international money transfers/remittances, payment processing for online businesses, currency exchange, etc. It is worth noting that Paysera was the first company in Lithuania that was granted an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license by the Bank of Lithuania (BoL).
• As Head of Global Business Development & Sales:
• I was leading the global development and sales project at Paysera being primarily responsible for new business development & sales.
• We helped numerous multinational companies to solve cross-border payments, e-commerce, foreign exchange, banking and other corresponding problems.
• Having integrated Paysera, we were completely taking care of the enterprise's money management, so it could fully be focused on business and growth.
• As a team member, contributed to 18% increase in revenue from international clients and partners.
• Supercharged my new business development & customer relationship management (CRM) skills.
• Highly utilised Microsoft Excel for analysis and informed, data-driven decisions.

Oct 2015 – Sep 2016 · 11 mos

• Paysera is one of the first and arguably the biggest FinTech company from the Baltics. It is providing a wide variety of different services including retail and business banking, international money transfers/remittances, payment processing for online businesses, currency exchange, etc. It is worth noting that Paysera was the first company in Lithuania that was granted an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license by the Bank of Lithuania (BoL).
• During my time at Paysera:
• As a global sales manager, I was responsible for global markets analysis and constant monitoring, identifying opportunities as well as sales for & partnerships with international clients.
• Because of my analysis and identified target markets we have exceeded the sales quota by 30% and increased Paysera's brand awareness by 20%.
• In addition to that, I have participated in various e-commerce, international trade and banking conferences where I have been delivering keynotes, sharing industry's best-practices as well as trends and insights.

Jul 2015 – Sep 2015 · 2 mos

• Norne Securities AS is an investment firm that works closely with its owners - 14 independent savings banks in Norway. The investment bank focuses specifically on the banking / finance and SME sectors and has a full team of corporate finance, brokerage and analysis units.
• Being an intern at Norwegian investment bank, I assisted senior analysts with various business sectors' analysis, closely worked with the financial modelling, data gathering and industry report writing.
• Leveraging Microsoft Excel, I was performing business analysis so that later investors could make informed and data-driven decisions.
• At Norne, I paid a special attention to and closely investigated the following industries:
• ∙ Oil & Shipping
• ∙ Banking
• ∙ Fish Farming
• ∙ Electricity &
• ∙ Gaming
• Reports were an important part of the work at the investment bank as later they were being distributed to respective investors who were making investment decisions based on the analysts' suggestions.

May 2015 – May 2016 · 1 yr

• Baltic Assist makes back-office assistance and virtual accounting available to organizations of all sizes, regardless of the field they operate in. The key goal is efficiency, top-notch expertise, and proactive project management to save businesses money, so they can focus more on running the business and less on staff oversight.
• During my time at Baltic Assist, I was responsible for business development, bookkeeping and accounting, sales and marketing projects.
• Managed a portfolio if 5 Nordic companies taking care of their accounting operations.
• Built the foundations of my new business development, sales, marketing and customer relationship management (CRM) skills.
• As a team member, contributed to achieving company's growth targets by 130%.
• Working at Baltic Assist was a very interesting and valuable experience. I was one of the first employees there, so it was an exceptional feeling seeing how the company grows and being a part of it.

Feb 2015 – Apr 2015 · 2 mos

• Danske Bank is one of the biggest and strongest commercial banking groups in the Nordics. Since 1871, the bank has helped its customers become financially confident by making daily banking and important financial decisions easy.
• As Business Development Intern:
• Conducted a detailed analysis on the banking industry, which was later used at a senior level in a Business Development Department.
• Provided a report on how to develop e-channels, and especially Danske Bank's mobile application improving UX and customer engagement.
• I have also assisted my colleagues to perform their daily tasks and responsibilities.

Nov 2014 – Jan 2015 · 2 mos

• Western Union is undoubtedly a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency transfers and remittances. Since 1851 WU is helping people and businesses move money globally.
• As AML & Compliance Intern:
• Managed Consumer Fraud Database records on a daily basis keeping the fraud levels at the minimum.
• Constantly monitored payment transaction history, submitting necessary information in the database application and approving previously submitted records.
• One of the best experiences during my time at Western Union was a social project which we executed with the fellow interns. The idea of the project was to gather WU's employees (including the top management) and encourage them to share their life stories and decisions that empowered their extraordinary careers. Since nowadays' children face a really hard choice when thinking about their future, our project with the real-life stories of successful people was greeted with far more enthusiasm than expected. It was a complete honour being a part of such a game-changing venture.